Brian Lear on WNC now our climate story of the week,

as we've been doing every Tuesday on the show all this year.

Today, how the fossil fuel industry

is fueling support for gas stoves.

Earlier this year, New York became the first state in the country

to pass a law planning to phase out gas hookups

in new constructions, essentially banning gas stoves in future buildings.

According to City Limits, the news organization, the goal is to reduce 85% of greenhouse

gas emissions below 1990 levels by the year 2050 and have 70% of New York's power come from renewable sources by 2030.

But these goals are in limbo now

as the gas stove ban faces a lawsuit just four months

after it was passed.

And remember, this is not to force you to take your gas stove out of your existing apartment.

This is only for new construction.

Behind this effort is a legal strategy that successful legal efforts in Berkeley and how that outcome might translate to the case

here in New York State is Mariana Somoise, climate and environmental reporter for

city limits.

Mariana, welcome to WNYC. Thanks for coming on today. for I gave a broad overview of New York State's future construction gas stove ban,

but remind everybody a little more of the details of the plan to start out.

How and when would it be implemented if the lawsuit

doesn't succeed? Well as you pointed out New York became the first state in the

country to pass this law that prohibits the use of fossil fuel equipment in new construction

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